lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
Ishiwata Soutarou (1891.10.9-1950.11.4)
Minister of the Imperial Household
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
planning; project; plan; design
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
minister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
two times; twice; two degrees
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
Takahashi Korekiyo (1854.8.20-1936.2.26)
vice-minister; undersecretary
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
being settled; coming to a conclusion
white label; white tag; white card (in karuta); blank card; honour awarded to samurai in Tosa
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
first year; initial (year)
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally